The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-04
ruIlom Pressing the Inter
State Commerce Bill.
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS
The Work Of the Senate Mapped Out
for Several Weeks to Come
General Notes.
American Affairs.

announce the death of his colleague
nod the Senate will adjourn as marx
of rpspect to his memory. On WeuneS
dav at o'clock. possibly earlier, GuL.
Iorn will ask the Senate to proceeu "
he consideration of the Interstate
Commerce bill, and there is genera
in1Dressiou that the measure VIII DC
Zen mn and will form the CHIEF Topic
~ 5iscnssion thereafter until it is dis
posed OF.
7uE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE SENATE
is the bill providing for the establish
ment of agricultural experiment sta
tions while the bill to prohibit members
If Congress from acting as attorneys
for raiiroads, comes over Win the &C
nrned rights of the long-posLp0nea
snecial order. 1t is not improbable thaI
these measures especially Inc laIGer,
will command some porCon Vi Vno
morning hours e the Senate ana one or
both NAV thus be disposed Oh uu[lhs
tbe week. 1t Is not expected tnaC any
sppropriation till be ready LOT coI-
sideration by the Senate this week. IL
ia expected that legislative week IN tne
House will be consumed by discus
sion Of
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS
and the measure reported from the
committee on agriculture providing for
the creation of Department of Agrl-
culture and Labor. There are four ap-
rropriation bills now upon the calendar
the Indian, military academy, dip
Io-natic and consular and pension.
None of these measures is likely to give
rise TO an extended debate, except pos
siblv the diplomatic and consular bill.
Owing to its radical change, as COM
pared with the former bills, and its in
creasing appropriations, this measure
nav become an object of attack.
Nearly ali of the measures which nave
been made special orders are likely to
be pressed for action at the first oppor-
tunity that may offer, when the House
is not engaged in consideration of the
appropriation bills. In addition to the
billtor the creation of the Department OF
Agriculture and Labor, already men
toned, this list includes the Dunn fret
ship bill; the Pacific Railroad funding
bill; the Oklahoma bill, and the bill for
the reorganization of the Navy Depart
ment. Towards the later part Of tn
week, it is expected that the cOnferenc
on the electoral count bill will report al
agreement and request the House t
take final actionf which will probably
be granted.
Senator AIdrich, chairman of thu
Senate committee on transportatIons
ROUTES TO THE sEABoARD,
authorizes the publication of the re
port of that committee upon the sub
ject of railroad freights in the United
States and other countries, the study o
which for; the purpose of settling certain
questions pertaining to inter state com
merce, has long been in progress by thi
committee. The appointment Of thu
Senate committee upon interstate
commerce, somewhat modified thu
work originally mapped out by TIT
committee on transportation route!
to the seaboardS, and that committed
has decided not to take testimony
rs It was authorized to do, bu
to conduct the special line of in
quiry, to ascertain, If possible. the rela
tive progress of the various graiu-pTO
ducing countries. The complete repor
makes 500 pages of printed matter anC
contains many valuable tables anC
much information on the subject o
transportation, gathered from nearly
every country in the world. The frs
table presented indicates the progreS
OF the United States for a generation
Thirty three years ago we produced
lOG,OOl0O0 bushels of wheat anC
about 600,000,000 bushels of corn
Twice in recent years we have reached
0cOOOO,OOO bushels of wheat, and in 1881
the corn crop reached 1,S00, 900 900
hve-iold increase in wheat anC
three, old increase in corn. The in
crease in other cereals has not been sc
rapid, nor are they regarded by the
committee as so important an increase
as IN wheat and corn. In export trade
the committee says, wheat has already
ranked hrst in value, and in fiftv-eight
years has added $1,000, 10000 to The
Nalue OIL our national production-a
I'm equal to four times the value oil
Pr ecu corn and corn meal during the
Inc period. It's shown bv the tables
Ia tsSa during the ten years ending with
80 'n9 average annual receipts O
cereals Of all kinds at these ports bay,
yeen IN round figures 26O OO0 OOC
oASue!s. An attempt was made by tbt
CoHGi'tee 10 ascertain the rates OF
n5.SAt from the principal Intermediate
polh.3 20 the SeabOard, and also iron
Intermediate points to the nrincina
t .i OF various States. The inyestjga
ion vas conducted in the hope of as
4s:sEsaihlng the facts in regard to th,
SS, .I'iIAce, OF rates charged for lonj
ElS. and short hauls, and to throy
I itSnI upon the vexed question of tn
~. Ing and short haul. In relation t,
IN INQUIRY, the committee saws: /
ne returns from which the abov
IN summary mary is constructed may be relic,
III GI' anu the committee has been care
~, IN selecting only the return
tE La appeared upon their face correct
que que Ia1es charged Tor local freigh
"se EVIDENTLY levied on the somewha
e-s-s' principle of what traffic wi
80, -, II massachusetts. when the ter
t -n,la's are taken into consideration
,c - oosI OF transporting a bushel q
.'- uea. 5 more nearly eouable than il
- s'ete represented in the summary
- 9Ias ssachusetts, in 1888. it cost 4.
S1'S 10 transport a bushel OF whea